Why 21?

As I was sitting in my apartment, I watched my 24 year old roommate come home from work, open the fridge, grab a beer, and sit next to me on the couch.  I sat there for a second and pondered trying to think of a reason the legal drinking age is 21. 

Immediately, I grabbed my computer and looked for a good solid reason why I can't legally drink at 18 years old.  You know what I found? A bunch of websites created by people who want to prevent underage drinking.  According to the Travis County Attorney's Office, "underage drinking is illegal,
unhealthy, and unacceptable." 

Im assuming it's equally as unhealthy to an 18 year old as it would be to a 21 year old (or anyone older for that matter).

This is my argument, I am 18 years old.  I can legally vote for my government, I can enlist in the military, buy my own cigarettes (which according to Polifact, "Every year tobacco kills more Americans than did World War II -more than AIDS, cocain, heroine, alcohol, vehicular accidents, homicide, and suicide combined."), I live by myself, pay my own bills, have my own job and yet I can't buy my own alcohol. 

I understand there are concerns and responsibilty that comes with drinking alcohol.  Mostly drinking and driving.  I completely understand the consequences of doing something like that and would never put myself, or someone else in that kind of danger.  However, by law, at 18, I am a legal adult and I can legally go to prison for committing a crime on that level, just as anyone else, yet, still can't buy alcohol.

The Abortion Battle

Of coarse, I picked an article that would challenge my original post.

In Christina Valdez's post, "Why Not Give it a Second Look?", written Tuesday, March 6, 2012, she argues that it's the least 'mothers' could do for their unborn child.  What is another 24 hours going to hurt?

If a person is decided to get an abortion they have already thought long and hard about the decision they are making.  They are well aware that they are carrying an unborn child and they are also aware of the consequences of their actions.  But if a 'mother' is deciding to make that decision she likely has a logical reason.  24 hours is probably not going to alter her decision. 

Also, yes, Steve Jobs' has played a significant role in the advancement of technology but with out him we would still be advanced.  Instead of buying an IPhone, I would buy an Android and instead of buying an IPad or a Mac, I would buy a Galaxy or a Dell.  Steve Jobs was only the creator of one brand of technology (Yes, we all love his brand, but if it didn't exist we would love all the others).

Sanchez using an argument listing the, "people we would not have in the world today if abortion took place" is a seriously weak argument.  Technically speaking, if abortion had taken place, we wouldn't have a bunch of important people in the world.  Barack Obama would not be our President if his mom aborted him or Ben Franklin would not have invented the light bulb if his mother would have aborted him.  But in the end, we would have a different President and someone else would have invented the light bulb. 


Lastly, and I would like for you to post back and explain this to me, but how in the world would Sanchez's article be directed at cancer survivors?